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Politics Federal New Democrats say it’s time for Canada to do to the fossil fuel industry what it did to tobacco companies by banning misleading ads that market the industry as offering a solution to climate change. Party says the bill would take the same approach Ottawa took to tobacco ads inContinue Reading

Politics As the conflict in the Middle East rages on, 13 Liberal and Green MPs are asking 27 Canadian universities to explain how they are protecting faculty and staff from blowback over advocacy for Palestinians or Israelis. Letter follows months of academic dispute, disciplinary measures Raffy Boudjikanian · CBC NewsContinue Reading

Politics Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is putting nearly $200 million in new money toward supporting low-income renters and shelters. Feds boosting Canada Housing benefit, emergency winter funding Nojoud Al Mallees · The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 06, 2024 2:13 PM EST | Last Updated: 1Continue Reading

Politics Canada has sanctioned nearly a dozen militants in response to brutal attack by Hamas and other groups on Israel last year. This is the first time Canada has imposed individual sanctions on non-state actorsThe Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 06, 2024 1:21 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hoursContinue Reading

Politics A Canadian Palestinian citizen journalist who has been missing for more than two weeks and had been feared dead has turned up alive in Gaza. Mansour Shouman posted a new video in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday Mai Hussein poses for a photo with her son Mansour Shouman, whoContinue Reading

Politics Many Gazans with family in Canada are still waiting on the outcome of their applications to the special immigration measures program for extended family members of Palestinian Canadians. While they wait, their chances of becoming another casualty of the Israel-Hamas war grow. No Palestinians who have applied to comeContinue Reading

Politics In May, eligible Canadians 65 and older can qualify for coverage under the $13 billion national dental care plan — if they don’t already have any private dental insurance. That has some seniors wondering whether they can abandon their minimal retiree coverage or plans they’ve purchased themselves. Ottawa saysContinue Reading

As the grim two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches, a new poll suggests Canadians’ engagement with the conflict is waning and support for Ukraine is weakening — especially among Conservatives. A survey released Tuesday morning by the Angus Reid Institute says a quarter of Canadians believe Canada is offeringContinue Reading

Politics Lawmakers took Air Canada’s CEO to task on Monday over “shocking” and “scandalous” failures to accommodate passengers living with disabilities. A number of Canadians with disabilities have reported mistreatment by Air Canada staff in the past year Christopher Reynolds · The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 05, 2024 6:44Continue Reading